It’s been awhile since I’ve posted an overly mindless or fluffy post so I figured I’d come up with one for this cold and snowy March evening. Rather than dredge the internet looking for something fitting, I’m just going to go ahead and post a link to my newest poll.  Enjoy

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I”m well aware that I didn’t do a music post on Sunday. Sheesh! I was busy and I didn’t have anything to say. I do three posts and all of a sudden I have people expecting me to do it every damn Sunday. It’s a lark folks. I do it when I feel like it so there’s no need to email me about it. I’m well aware that I didn’t do one.

As W.C. Fields said “Go away kid, ya bother me.”

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Apparently German researchers have finally confirmed the identity of the Mona Lisa as Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo, the wife of the wealthy Florentine silk merchant Francesco del Giocondo. While this had been speculated on prior to this, there was little or no evidence to corroborate the statement.

I really don’t know how I feel about this. I’m all for academic achievement and discovery and the news doesn’t lessen the immense impact the painting has had but there’s a fairly large part of me that is saddened by this news. It’s one less mystery in the world. One less speculative dream that inspires conversation and thought. Now all that is left is one more hardened fact, one more pillar of Science strengthened.

*sigh* I guess I’m just a dreamer and romantic at heart and always will be.

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On a completely random aside, I must say that the name Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo just looks and sounds extremely cool to me. So I guess that redeems the news somewhat in my eyes.

As a friend of a friend so aptly noticed, Serenity has been named the top Sci-Fi movie.

There was much rejoicing.

That is all. I now return you to your regularly scheduled dull and boring lives.

I’m easily amused. We all know this. It isn’t any secret so none of you can act surprised that I found this amusing:

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I’m in a mindless mood, so all you’re getting is a mindless post and then I’m going back to doodling on my map some more — which I’ve redone yet again since my last post. No there aren’t any pictures yet and yes, I am twelve thankyouverymuch, now fuck off¹.

Err, where was I?

Oh yes, the poll. It’s not mine but I agree with the end result wholeheartedly. Farscape was a very close second and I’d have the original Stargate as a write in 3rd place vote just cause it’s that damn cool but only if Richard Dean Anderson came back full time.

¹ See Amanda, I even type it now and again.

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I find this is a very cool and interesting image. Do you know what it is?

I’ll give you until Friday and then post the answer in the comments.

Looks like good ol’ Mr. Martin actually heard and listened to my previous belligerent rantings about A Dance With Dragons and decided that ten and a half months between teasers is much too long of a time for the average fan to wait. He went ahead and posted a new teaser chapter as a milksop for us while he continues to muddle through with finishing the book. This is the first chapter with Jon in it (Cheer!) and will be alternately rotated with the existing Danaerys and Tyrion chapters that he’d already posted. I apparently have had crap luck because I had no idea that he’d even posted a Tyrion chapter. Every time I’ve checked the sample pages it’s always been the Danaerys chapter. Who knew. I guess I’ll have to keep an eye out and if I’m lucky I’ll be able to read it before the book is actually published.

In other news regarding the A Song of Ice and Fire series, I found this link to The Tower Of the Hand over on Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist (I’m really link dropping a lot in this post) found it was a pretty interesting and thorough resource for the series with all sorts of fun tid-bits of information and obscure references and connections/theories that I had missed. If you like the series and want to learn more, I suggest you check it out but as always, your mileage may vary.

While we’re on the subject of books I guess I should mention, for those of you that hadn’t heard, that Tor books have announced that author Brandon Sanderson has been selected to write A Memory of Light, the final book in Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series. Apparently he was selected by Harriet Rigney, RJ’s widow, because she was impressed with his other work… to which I say “Wha–? Who? What other work? Who the hell is this guy?”

From what I’ve read, he’s apparently been given a mass of encyclopaedic notes and will be following an outline by RJ himself. I’m optimistic, even if I’ve never heard of the guy before. Let’s just all hope for no braid pulling and no “road to Caemlyn” chapters.